SUPREME COURT

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 October 1931, Page 2

SUPREME COURT

DUNEDIN’S LIGHT LIST. . [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, October 27The criminal session of the Supreme Court opened to-day before Mr Justice Kennedy. . His Honor sa'u the duties of the Grand Jury would be light, because there were charges of ■.■ rime against three men only. In this district, with its considerable population, it was a source of satisfaction to know there were sc few crimes. Samuel James Douglas, charged with indecent assault, pleaded guilty ,and was remanded for sentence. Ivor Garnon, police constable, was charged with stealing a Dicycle which, it was alleged, he cam? across one night when he was on duty in September, two years ago. The jury brought in a verdict of not. guilty. AT CHRISTCHURCH. CHRISTCHURCH, October 27. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court commenced this morning, Mr Justice Adams presiding. “It is a matter for congratulation that in these troublesome and difficult times there is such a small calendar before us,” said his Honor, addressing the Grand Jury- “There are eight cases only, and none of them presents features of difficulty.” Arthur Edwin Hall pleaded guilty to a charge of having unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl between twelve and sixteen years of age He was remanded till Friday for sentence. Edward John Darkle pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent assault upon a male. The jury, after twenty minutes’ retirement, returned a verdict of guilty. Darkle was remanded till Friday for sentence. EX-POSTAL CLERKS ACCUSED. CHRISTCHURCH, October 28. In the Supreme Court, before Judge Kennedy, the trial is proceeding of James Thomas Toomej r and Murdoch Kenneth Campbell, who are jointly charged that, between May 1 and June, while clerks in the Post and Telegraph Department, they stole various sums amounting to £228, the property of the Government. Both pleaded not guilty. The Crown Prosecutor said that accused worked in the telephone section, where toll accounts were paid. Toomey had been a teller. The trial is proceeding.